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Reply 6980

The_0001

Original post by Chr0n

So how did you answere them :redface:

Not very well at all! Make sure you revise the stuff you have covered at AS, this is definitely true for the Economics interview(assuming you have done maths at AS). Differentiation and its application to problems come up. Know how to work out min. max. turning points etc. Also know how to sketch graphs from word problems only.

Politics was a bit strange, and when I think about it, I was being very naive in believing my argument was right and that they were wrong :P. I sort of argued that you cannot be held responsible for a crime that your forefathers had commited (slavery and the like). I didn't produce any coherent arguments at all. That's what they're looking for, and when they challenge you, see if they're right. No use continuing into a dark cave.

My Philosophy interview was rubbish. It was all sentence structures and spotting flaws in arguments. Didn't prepare for it at all.

If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to try and help. :smile:

Reply 6981

pai2502

Original post by hannahwhelan

I'm not really doing much for it, to be honest. You can't really prepare for it as such, just have a look over the past paper example

yeah, but they've given just ONE example paper!! can you believe it?!!

Original post by hannahwhelan

and practice your close-reading skills :smile:

now, any suggestions to improve that?

Reply 6982

Banoffeepie16

Original post by pai2502

Immediate Attention!! All those taking ELAT next month :cry2:

, how are you going about it? Freaked out( like me, coz i am an international) or chilling out?

I'm not taking the ELAT, but I'm freaking out about the MLAT!
I've been doing 2/3 'Oxford' (made by my French tutor who went to Oxford) grammar tests a week, sticking my head in a grammar books for hours on end and generally panicking... and not getting much sleep.

:rolleyes:

Reply 6983

kat1912

Original post by Hattie

ahhh cool, st johns is on the main road into the city, apparently theres a little path behind to the labs which would be handy haha :smile:

I just applied to St Johns! Was really excited but then I just read some reviews and they said "Don't apply there if aesthetics are important to you!". I haven't actually visited St Johns.. does anyone know what its like? Is it actually a really 'ugly' college?!

Reply 6984

Banoffeepie16

Original post by Grenville

St. John's, both Oxford and Durham :P

How consistent of you :biggrin:

I'm a hopeful Hertfordian :giggle:

.

Well, trying to stay hopeful. :frown:

Reply 6985

Chr0n

Original post by The_0001

My Philosophy interview was rubbish. It was all sentence structures and spotting flaws in arguments. Didn't prepare for it at all.

Kinda like the TSA stuff?

Original post by The_0001

If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to try and help. :smile:

Can't think of any right now, but I'll definitely get back to it. Thank you =)

May I ask where you ended up?

Reply 6986

username835236

Original post by pai2502

yeah, but they've given just ONE example paper!! can you believe it?!!

now, any suggestions to improve that?

I know, it's horrible! :frown:

I just hope the actual exam isn't too horrendous, I'd hate to open the paper and just sit there looking perplexed for the entire 90mins.

Just practice reading and analysing texts :smile:

That's all you can do, really, aside from brushing up on critical vocabulary etc.

Reply 6987

Grenville

Original post by Banoffeepie16

How consistent of you :biggrin:

I'm a hopeful Hertfordian :giggle:

.

Well, trying to stay hopeful. :frown:

Haha, I had a reason for St. John's Oxford, but SJC Durham was a bit of a random choice :P Yep, everyone is hopeful...

Reply 6988

anyone_can_fly

Original post by fluteflute

Yep, it's C2... except for A level you don't have to remember many formulae, you get a massive formula (and statistical tables) booklet.

You don't get given any formulae in Advanced Higher maths. And the entire grade is decided based on one three-hour exam at the end of the year. (Though as I got my A band 1 I can't really complain.)

Original post by hannahwhelan

Admissions tests in 3 weeks today... :woo:

When I saw this my mouth quite literally did this - :eek:

. ****.

Reply 6989

medbh4805

Original post by hannahwhelan

Admissions tests in 3 weeks today... :woo:

shhhhh

Reply 6990

medbh4805

Original post by anyone_can_fly

You don't get given any formulae in Advanced Higher maths. And the entire grade is decided based on one three-hour exam at the end of the year. (Though as I got my A band 1 I can't really complain.)

to be honest, you guys actually do have it much harder than us :colonhash:

Reply 6991

The_0001

Original post by Chr0n

oO I absolutely didn't think they would bring up differentiation in an interview... Thanks for the info! I talked about the debt crisis so I guess it's going to be about that, maths and game theory something like that.

Kinda like the TSA stuff?

Can't think of any right now, but I'll definitely get back to it. Thank you =)

May I ask where you ended up?

Yeah differentiation and drawing graphs came up. They don't even read your PS until literally 2 minutes before your interview. They asked me one question about my PS.

For Philosophy, one question I had was. "There is a white dot in the distance, the white dot is my house, I live inside my house, therefore I live inside a white dot. Is that correct?" Stuff like that :smile:

.

I didn't get into a uni this year. Got ABC at A level(problems at home :frown:

). Applying for uni again this year, though not for PPE nor at Oxford.

Yeah, give me a shout whenever mate.

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 6992

Ray of Light

Are there any MLAT papers online? It seems interesting.

Reply 6993

themarksy

Original post by pai2502

Immediate Attention!! All those taking ELAT next month :cry2:

, how are you going about it? Freaked out( like me, coz i am an international) or chilling out?

Bit of both... because it's something you can't really revise for eeeeep :\ Good luck all ELAT candidates, the test in itself is an achievement :wink:

Reply 6994

such_a_lady

Jenny- stop worrying. You will be fine. I reckon you're a dead cert, seriously. I wish my teachers had gone to Oxford :rolleyes:

The Spanish teacher helping me is decidedly anti-Oxbridge, which is fun. I also wish they had time to make their own tests for me. When I finish the archived ones (which I think I already have for German), that's it. No one's organised mock interviews yet, but hopefully it'll get there. Relax, you're amazing, and if you don't get a place, none of the other MFL applicants, including me, will do either! :biggrin:

Reply 6995

edgood93

A-Level predictions are completely stupid and I'm sure Oxford take them with a pinch of salt

Reply 6996

anyone_can_fly

I have a "mock interview" tomorrow, but as it's with somebody who hasn't done any maths since leaving school I am doubtful that it will be either:
a) anything like a real one
b) remotely helpful.

:rolleyes:

Ah well.

Reply 6997

FernF